God Needs Men (1950)

The inhabitants of the windswept island of Sein, in the 19th-century Brittany, follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.

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Pierre Fresnay

Thomas Gourvennec

Madeleine Robinson

Jeanne Gourvennec

Daniel Gélin

Joseph Le Berre

Andrée Clément

Scholastique Kerneis

Jean Brochard

Abbot Kerhervé

Sylvie

Coise Karbacen

Antoine Balpêtré

Father Gourvennec

G

Germaine Kerjean

Mrs. Kermeis

Daniel Ivernel

François Guillen

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Pierre

Jean d'Yd

Corentin Gourvennec

Raphaël Patorni

Jules

Marcel Delaître

Monsieur Kerneis

Fernand René

Yves Lannuzel

Albert Michel

Le Bail

René Génin

Yvon's father

Jean Carmet

Yvon

Jérôme Goulven

Brigadier

C

Cécyl Marcyl

Old woman

Charles Bouillaud

Gendarme

Jean Favre-Bertin

Pierre Moncorbier

Fisherman

Lucienne Bogaert

Anaïs Le Berre

Marcelle Géniat

Mother Gourvennec

L

Louise Andrès

(uncredited)

G

Georges Cerf

(uncredited)

Jeanne Herviale

(uncredited)

P

Pierre Latour

(uncredited)

S

Serge Lecointe

(uncredited)

C

Christian Martaguet

(uncredited)

H

Henri Maïk

(uncredited)

P

Pierre Salas

(uncredited)

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